Re: Wicket Keeper Batsmen
Zero_one:
I think u missed the point … a WK has to concentrate as much as a batsmen coz he has to think that the batsmen ma miss all 6 balls an over !!!
Different is the case if u r a fielder and i’ve not seen many bowlers (fast or Spin) who r in slips (Shane warne is mostly 2nd slip) … only the WK and Slip positition gives u an idea how to react to fast or spin bowling … so at some stage u develope a feeling for at as u’ve to as alert as the batsmen who is facing the music … coz any bal can be deflected to the slip cordon where u’ve follow the ball … i heard once Holding commentating that while u r WK, 1st Slip, 2nd Slip and even 3rd Slip u’ve to watch the ball … when u r fielding at gully, point or extra cover or any other position u’ve to follow the movement of the bat
I don’t know if u’ve ever been WK or in 1-3 slips position but if u’ve been u must admit that every time a bowler is about to deliver the ball u r in a sort of attention until the batsmen hits the ball or the WK collects or the balls is played to any other part of the ground than slips or WK … and that very moment of concentration which is repeated over and over again is helpful for batting … imagine a slip is here for say 25 overs but the keeper stands there for 50 overs …
Look like you missed the point Zero bhai. If concentrating from behind the wicket is the main reason of good WK batsmen these days (as Ajaz Bhai suggested), then why keepers were not this good batsmen in old days? What I am suggesting is that WK are paying more attention to their batting these days than in past and thats the main reason of having soo many good WK batsmen around these days.